January[edit]

1 January - The Indian and Pakistani governments provided one another with a ful
l list of nuclear sites, military and civilian, in accordance with the 1988 Non-
Nuclear Aggression Agreement[1]
2 January - Heavily armed gunmen, reportedly members of Jaish-e-Mohammed, attack
ed an Indian Air Force base in Pathankot, Punjab. Two of the gunmen were killed.
[2]
3 January - A magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck India 29 km (18 mi) west of Imphal
with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VII (Very strong).[3] At least eight peopl
e were killed, 100 others were injured and some buildings were damaged.[4][5]
February[edit]
20 February - February 2016 Pulwama militant siege
April[edit]
5 April - Bihar state imposed liquor ban.[6]
2016 Ujjain Simhastha Kumbha Fair organized between 22 April and 21 May. Nearly
75 million people visited the fair during this one-month period.[7]
10 April - Puttingal temple fire caused 107 deaths.[8]
May[edit]
Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election, 2016- Jayalalithaa-led AIADMK won majo
rity.
Assam Legislative Assembly election, 2016 - BJP won majority.
West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, 2016 - Mamata Banerjee-led TMC won ma
jority.
Puducherry Legislative Assembly election, 2016 - Congress won majority.
23 May: Hypersonic Flight Experiment: The ISRO's RLV-TD vehicle was launched fro
m the first launchpad of Satish Dhawan Space Centre on board an HS9 rocket boost
er.[9]
30 May: 30 died following fire in army weapon depot in Pulgaon, Wardha district,
Maharashtra.[10]
June[edit]
22 June - ISRO send 20 satellites in space on PSLV-XL.[11]
25 June - 2016 Pampore attack
Government of India accepted 7th Pay Commission recommendations to increase sala
ries of employees.[12]
July[edit]
2016 Kashmir unrest
2016 Indian Air Force An-32 disappearance
2 July: At least 30 died in heavy rains in Uttarakhand.[13]
August[edit]
3 August - Goods and Services Tax (India) Bill passed in parliament.[14][15]
5 August - 2016 Kokrajhar shooting
9 August - Manipur activist Irom Sharmila ended her 16 years of hunger strike.[1
6]
14 August - Na. Muthukumar died he was an Indian / Tamil poet, lyricist, and aut
hor National award winner
September[edit]
Indian general strike of 2016
2016 India Pakistan military confrontation escalated following Uri attack on 19 Se
ptember.[17]
Kaveri River water dispute: violence broke out in Karnataka.[18]
13 September - 43 out of 44 MLAs of Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly left
Congress and joined People s Party of Arunachal.[19]
30 September - Bihar liquor ban: Patna High Court struck down liquor ban law.[6]
October[edit]
2 October - 2016 Baramulla attack
13 October - BJP joined People s Party of Arunachal-lead government in Arunachal P
radesh.[20]
15 October - 24 died following stampede at religious meet in Varanasi.[21]
17 October - Fire in SUM Hospital in Bhubaneshwar. 22 died.[22]
19 October -Qnet multi-level marketing: former World Billiards Champion Michael
Ferreira arrested.[23]
24 October - Cyrus Mistry was sacked as the Chairman of the Tata Sons. Tata is o
ne of Indian's biggest conglomerate.[24]
27 October - Senari massacre case of Bihar: 15 convicted, 23 acquitted by court.
10 death sentence.[25]
October - Bihar liquor ban: Supreme Court stays High Court order, liquor ban rei
mposed.[6]
October - Samajwadi Party, ruling Uttar Pradesh, caught in family feud.[26]
November[edit]
1 November - 2016 Manipur unrest started
8 November - The Indian government withdraws ?500 and ?1000 banknotes with immed
iate effect. New notes will be issued to the nation. Caused political uproar.
11 November - 42 Congress MLAs submitted their resignations to Punjab Vidhan Sab
ha following the Supreme Court order related to the Sutlej Yamuna link canal pro
ject.
16 November- The winter session of Indian Parliament starts, with debate on note
ban.[27]
20 November - A train derails near Pukhrayan killing at least 150 people.[28]
26 Novemebr - Nabha jailbreak in Punjab. 6 flee.[29]
29 November - 2016 Nagrota army base attack
30 November - Supreme Court of India ordered cinemas to play national anthem bef
ore films.[30]
December[edit]
5 December - Tamil Nadu CM J Jayalalithaa who has been hospitalized for 72 days
in Apollo Hospital was officially announced as dead after suffering Cardiac arre
st.
10 December - Industrialist Pawan Ruia arrested following railway complaint.[31]
12 December - Cyclone Vardah makes landfall on Tamil Nadu coast. 18 died.[32]
14 December - The National Green Tribunal banned kite-flying with manja, a threa
d coated in a sticky paste of ground-up glass, following outcry over deaths and
injury caused by it.[33]
15 December - Supreme Court bans sale of liquor on national and state highways d
ue to large number of road accidents caused by drunks every year.[34]
December - 2013 Indian helicopter bribery scandal: arrests made including former
Indian Air Force chief.[35]